Article: "Irish Sports in the Stadium."
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Source: "Irish Sports in the Stadium." Buffalo Evening News,
August 29, 1901.
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IRISH
SPORTS IN THE STADIUM.
The Hurling Match Was Exciting,
But the Jiggers Failed to Jig.
There was a long delay yesterday afternoon in the Stadium before the Irish sports were run off, and when the games took place the sport was not of the widly exciting kind, with the exception of the hurling match, a game somewhat on the order of lacrosse. It is pretty rough fun, but it is fast and the crowd liked it.
The Irish Jiggers didn't jig because the management had thoughtfully neglected to hire a fiddler, and a jig without a fiddler would be a melancholy affair, indeed, so the event was declared off, much to the disappointment of the four young men who had entered for it.
Today's programme includes a 220-yard run, three standing jumps, throwing 14-pound winding weight, half-mile run, Irish hornpipe competition, Gaelic football and jig competition. Yesterday's summaries:
100-yards dash-First
heat-W. H. Leahey, Mount Pleasant, Mich., won; Thomas Brennan, Pastime
A. C., second. Time, :11.
Second heat-J. T. Mahoney, Knickerbocker A. C., won; M. Harris, O'Connoll
F. B. Club, second. Time, :11 3-5.
Final heat-W. H. Leahy, won: J. T. Mahoney, second; Thomas Brennan, third.
Time, :11.
Putting 42-pound shot—D. O'Connell, West Side A. C., 23 feet 8 inches,
won; A. B. Gunn, C. Y. M. C. A., 23 feet 6 inches, second; Thomas K. Barrett,
St. Leo's Gymnasium, Baltimore, 23 feet 5 inches, third.
Running two hops and jump—J. T. Mahoney, K. A. C., 43 feet 8 inches,
won; J. J. Blackburn, New York City, 42 feet, second; Michael Harris,
Pastime A. C., 40 feet 11 inches, third.
440-yards hurdle—J. T. Mahoney, K. A. C., won; William Fletcher,
Kickham, N. Y., second; Michael Harris, Pastime A. C., third. Time, 1:08
3-5.
Hurling game—Kickham, 1 goal, 3 points, All-Ireland, 1 goal, 1 point.
Referee, D. O'Connell.
ALL-IRELAND . . .
. . . . . .KICKHAM.
J. Rogers, capt. . . . . . . . . . Capt. W. Fleming
J. O'Brien. f. b. . . . . . . . . . . f. b., A. Ryan
H. O'Brien. c. f. . . . . . . . . . c. f., J. Brumbry
M. Ward, r. . . . . . . . . . . . . r., W. Lawlor
M. Reilly, r. w. . . . . . . . . . r. w., T. Ryan
W. Williams, l. w. . . . . . . .l. w., J. McDonald
J. Lynch, r. w. . . . . . . . . . . .r. w., J. Kelly
P. Murray, l. h. b. . . . . . . . l. h. b., P. Fitzgerald
M. Casey. c. h. . . . . . . . . . .c. h. J. Mahar
J. A. Dwyer, g. . . . . . . . . . .g., T. Ryan
J. Hannivan, r. . . . . . . . . . . r., S. Philp
J. Smith, r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r., J. Sullivan